FIRST Earthquake No.1: 11 April 2012 (Mag. 8.7 - 2:38PM)

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Earthquake Type:
Oblique Earthquake (under plate tectonics, non subduction zone)

Magnitude: 8.7

Date-Time:
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 08:38:38 UTC
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 02:38:38 PM at epicenter

Location: 2.348°N, 93.073°E
Depth : 33 km (20.5 miles)
Region : OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

Distances:
434 km (269 miles) SW of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
550 km (341 miles) SW of Lhokseumawe, Sumatra, Indonesia
963 km (598 miles) W of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
1797 km (1116 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 14 km (8.7 miles); depth +/- 2.8 km (1.7 miles)

Parameters:
NST=243, Nph=243, Dmin=514.3 km, Rmss=1.67 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8

Source:
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID: usc000905e

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!!! TSUNAMI ALERT !!!

Tsunami Alert also in: Thailand, Sri Lanka and India

Minor Tsunami in Indonesia (Sumatera):
Sabang: (60 cm) at 5.04 PM (Local Time)
Meulaboh: 0.8 meter (80 cm) at 5.00 PM (Local Time)
Banda Aceh: 0.1 meter (10 cm)
Nias Island: 1 meter (100 cm)

Tsunami Warning ended in Indonesia at 07.45 PM (Local Time)

Sources:
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG) Indonesia
(Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics)

More detail:
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/90_...

Wikipedia
en:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aceh_earthquake
id: id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gempa_bumi_Aceh_April_2012

Berita terkait:
Pusat Gempa Aceh di Luar Zona Subduksi:
sains.kompas.com/read/2012/04/11/16492980/Pusat.Gempa.A...

Gerak Sesar "Oblique" Picu Gempa di Aceh:
sains.kompas.com/read/2012/04/11/17341428/Gerak.Sesar.O...

Air Pantai di Simeulue Naik 6 Meter:
regional.kompas.com/read/2012/04/11/16483561/Air.Pantai...

Video terkait:
Oblique Fault:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY5Ec75Jj2c

Gempa Aceh 11 April 2012: Alarm Tsunami Berbunyi (Tsunami Alarm Starting):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob38FjMTqRc

Gempa Aceh Terasa Hingga Ke Danau Toba (Effect on Toba Lake, North Sumatera):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK3ZJMSfXDQ

Suasana Pasca Gempa Aceh 11 April 2012 di Banda Aceh (Aftermath in Banda Aceh):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xiTv8a0xQI